J. Alison Grabell

Alison Grabell focuses her practice of law on trademarks, copyrights and related
intellectual property matters. After twenty years associated with and as a partner at
various local and national law firms in Los Angeles, Ms. Grabell established her own
practice, MarkStarLaw, in February 2017. She concentrates on U.S. and international
trademark prosecution; copyright prosecution; intellectual property licensing;
enforcement and defense of intellectual property rights, including ex parte and inter
partes practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office; and intellectual property asset sales and acquisitions. Alison
maintains long-standing relationships with legal counsel worldwide to assist clients with
international intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Alison counsels clients in established, growing and young businesses across a wide
spectrum of industries. She focuses on educating and advising clients about opportunities
to develop, enhance and protect their intellectual property portfolios as valuable business
assets.Her strategic advice assists clients in positioning themselves to maximize
exploitation and protection of their IP assets.
Alison has received recognition as a SuperLawyer® and also as a leading IP attorney in
Los Angeles and among women lawyers, including one of forty “Angelenos to Know in
Intellectual Property Law” in Who’s Who in L.A. Law, published by the Los Angeles
Business Journal.
Alison’s practice is grounded in her academic and professional experience in
international relations. Alison represented the United States abroad as a member of the
diplomatic corps, participated as a volunteer in the Protocol Office at the 1984 Los
Angeles Olympics and served as Editor-in-Chief of her law schools’s international law
journal.
Expertise:
• Guides companies in developing core brands and protecting them worldwide
• Conducts worldwide due diligence to clear trademarks
• Develops registration and enforcement strategies
• Coordinates and maintains trademark and copyright portfolios
• Negotiates license, distribution and consent agreements to maximize exploitation
of brands
• Advises on parent-subsidiary intellectual property ownership
• Appears before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on appeals of refusals of
registration and in opposition and cancellation proceedings